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By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo
Nigerian authorities has been tasked to alteration the japa syndrome successful the state into a money-spinning manufacture similar countries from Southeast Asia.
This was disclosed by a Professor of Migration and Development Sociology, Adebusuyi Isaac of Obafemi Awolowo University portion delivering the institution’s inaugural lecture 407 bid connected Tuesday successful Ile-Ife.
In the lecture titled, “Migralision: A Mix-Trasnational Theory of ‘Japa’ Culture, helium said Nigeria similar Singapore tin alteration cross-border and transnational migration into an industry.
According to him, vross-border and transnational migration should beryllium transformed into an Industry with the capableness of net from some cross-border and transnational migrations to lend impactfully to the gross nationalist income (GNI)/gross home merchandise (GDP) of the countries of low-income/middle-income countries, indispensable industry-level regulations are indispensable successful migration management.
His words, “Countries similar Sri Lanka and the Philippines person successfully ingrained absorption of emigration of its citizens into its improvement plans. In 2022 for example, migrants’ remittances accounted for 15% of the GDP of 25 countries according to the World Economic Forum (WEF), 2023).
“Ostensibly, a important proportionality of these countries are of South-Asian and South-East Asian regions. In this connect, migration volition ever connote a win-win-win script for each progressive – migrants, authorities and destination countries”.
He besides stressed the request to prioritise spate of economical migration with a presumption to stemming the tide to curbing the agelong word effect connected the country, particularly the emmigration of its skilled-labour to different countries with lenient policies to accommodate them.
“There is nary state that takes the situation of economical migration with levity owing mostly to its semipermanent antagonistic readying and developmental outcomes. Inadequate socio-economic opportunities often spur the situation of unstructured migration, which routinely terminates arsenic economical migration astatine the assorted points of destinations; adjacent erstwhile approached done the acquisition pathway, visitor’s visa pathway oregon asylum pathway.
“Why bash you deliberation that antithetic countries (such arsenic Canada, UK and the United Arab Emirates), support changing their skilled migrant enactment visa rules for Nigerians successful particular? We over-supply, adjacent skilled labours, though they are not capable backmost home, but they are ne'er fixed opportunities.
“Policies that volition promote Nigerians to recognize their dreams successful the state are imperative astatine this point. This is wherever the experts are needed”, helium added.
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